diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index bfd25de875..91756794ee 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_MYSQLI)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_MYSQL),)
 PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-mysql-sock=$(MYSQL_SOCKET)
 endif
 
-define PHP_DISABLE_PCRE_JIT
-	$(SED) '/^#define SUPPORT_JIT/d' $(@D)/ext/pcre/pcrelib/config.h
-endef
-
 define PHP_DISABLE_VALGRIND
 	$(SED) '/^#define HAVE_VALGRIND/d' $(@D)/main/php_config.h
 endef
@@ -249,8 +245,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),)
 PHP_CFLAGS += -DSLJIT_SINGLE_THREADED=1
 endif
 # check ext/pcre/pcrelib/sljit/sljitConfigInternal.h for supported archs
-ifeq ($(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64)$(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb)$(BR2_aarch64)$(BR2_mips)$(BR2_mipsel)$(BR2_mips64)$(BR2_mips64el)$(BR2_powerpc)$(BR2_sparc),)
-PHP_POST_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += PHP_DISABLE_PCRE_JIT
+ifeq ($(BR2_i386)$(BR2_x86_64)$(BR2_arm)$(BR2_armeb)$(BR2_aarch64)$(BR2_mips)$(BR2_mipsel)$(BR2_mips64)$(BR2_mips64el)$(BR2_powerpc)$(BR2_sparc),y)
+PHP_CONF_OPTS += --with-pcre-jit
+else
+PHP_CONF_OPTS += --without-pcre-jit
 endif
 endif